Tuesday, July 28, 2009

From A to ......K......::painting the church nursery::

To have such a large blank canvas! So fun! It took me a few weeks to get an idea- then it is the matter of taking the first stroke- you cannot have any fear! There were so many things that could have gone wrong- you don't know how many times I have had to start a new canvas at home because of a spelling mistake. But praise the Lord- there have been no spelling mistakes on the wall yet! Your mind does funny tricks on you too-- when I painted the big blue "J" on the wall I panicked and thought it was backwards.

Eventually the whole alphabet will be up there- please help me think of a good picture for "M". I do not want to paint a Mouse- (although Micky Mouse would be kinda cute). Each letter has a verse that starts with that letter.Here are the ideas for the rest of the letters:L- lolly popM-??N- NestO- octopus, (or OBE as our 7 yr old suggested- "what's that?? An instrument!- Oh! The oboe?!)P- pig, or pie?Q- quiltR- RainbowS- strawberryT- treeU- umbrellaV- violet???W- watermelonX- xylophoneY- yellow?Z- zebra, or zipper (I don't do well painting zebras)

Any ideas you have would be great! As you can tell, I like painting any kind of food or candy- bugs are good; any thing that would make a small child happy.

Monkey. That's my vote. You have done such a beautiful job. I have painted on walls before and it's taking that first stroke. I have only done my own walls - I would be so nervous to do other's walls, but you have done sooooooo well.

what an absolutely precious nursery this is!! everyone, young and old, will be happy, happy in this room!! i love all of the other "m" suggestions....i think that moon is my favorite, though! you're doing a super job, sara! :)

you're inspiring me at just the right time, again! i'm trying to pull together ideas for the baby's nursery! and i had already planned on putting up vintage looking alphabet cards i picked up last year at michaels!my vote:m: monkey or mommyv: violin...we always think of that one!it looks awesome!

I love the ABC walls! Could you sometime post which verses you used for each letter? I'd love to know that. Everyone else made the same suggestions that I thought of, so I don't have any new ideas to add except that P could be pumpkin if you wanted.

M is for..... Mouse! With cute little whiskers and a long tail!:) I LOVE what you have done and you are going to make some little ones so HAPPY!:) I am giddy just looking at your pictures!! LoriThanks so much for your sweet comments!:)

Can you come paint my whole house when you're finished? Those colors just make me happy!

Here are a few ideas for the alphabet:M for Moon, Man, or Monkey.P for Popcicle or Paint.V??? that's a hard one ;) All I can think of is Volkswagon, and I don't think kids in a nursey will get that! haha!Y for YoYo, maybe a Yellow YoYo!

Sara, you are so talented! I am not surprised that you could come up with something so wonderful but I am so inspired by your fearlessness (of course, it would help if I could paint as well as you). Did you use the Bible Memory Association Bible verses for each letter? I still have the book that I used with Becca, Hollie, and Kelly to memorize a verse for each letter of the alphabet. We are starting to use it with Henry! Love you lots!

Sara, you are so talented! I am not surprised that you could come up with something so wonderful but I am so inspired by your fearlessness (of course, it would help if I could paint as well as you). Did you use the Bible Memory Association Bible verses for each letter? I still have the book that I used with Becca, Hollie, and Kelly to memorize a verse for each letter of the alphabet. We are starting to use it with Henry! Love you lots!

so awesome! I had no idea the letters were so big when I first saw the first pictures...I love how big they are and that you are including verses that start with that letter! What a great look for the church nursery...so fun!